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IMPROVED BURNER FOR HEATINGGAS, 6to.,

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ELLIOTT P. GLEASON, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use certain Improvements in the Construct-ion and Operation of Burners for Heating and Rarefying Gas; and I do declare the fo'llowing to be a full, clear, and correct description of my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, in which l Figure l is a front view of my improved burner.-

Figure 2, a sectional view of the same.

In the drawings, like parts ofthe invention are indicated by thc same letters of reference.

The nature et' my invention consists in certain improvements, as more fully hereinafter set forth, in the construction and operation of burners for heating and rarei'ying gas.

To enable those skilled in the arts to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the construction and operation ofthe same. Y l i The present invention has reference to that class of burners in which' the gas supplied to the llame is formed lfrom naphtha, benzine, er any similar fluid introduced into the brnezg-,or that poi-tion of .it which is termed the* retort, which is heated snliiciently to cause the gas to be generated from the lnid therein introduced by heat from the llame of the burner.

A shows an outer tube, communicating by means of the-arms I) to the burner B, which burner is formed of circular plates of metal, having the space between them left open to form a chamber for the reception of the p gas, while the upper end or top of said burner is provided with a series of small openings near its outer edge, to allow the gas to be supplied to the flame.' Within this tube, about centrally,`is placed a smaller and shorter tube, C, in which tube the gas is generated from naphtba, benzine, or any suitable fluid introduced into the same. The tube C is made so much smaller tnan the outer tube that when placed in position a space shall be left between its outer edge and the inner edge of the tube A, and also between its upper edge and' the upper` edge of the tube A, which latter is capped or closed.

Such being the construction of my improved burner, thel operation may be thus described:

The naph'tha, benzine, or similar fluid may be applied to the interior tube C in any convenient manner, entering tbc same at its lower cn'cl. An alcohol torch lighted may then be applied beneath the bottom of the burner, and kep't 4there'until the naphtha, benzine, or similar duid introduced into the tube C be sutlicicntlyV heated to supply gas to the llame. The gas thus generated passes up the tube C, and down the space or chamber formed between the outer and inner tubes, and through the arms I: to' the chamber of the burner, from which it is supplied to the llame. The llame heats theV outer tube, A, sniiicicntly to cause gas to be generated from the nnphtha, benzine, or other similar fluid introduced into the innertube, C.

he principal advantages which my invention will be found to present over tllevmany burners of its class in the market, are the simplicity ot'4 its construction, its noa-liability to get out of ordcr, and the fact that a more thorough and perfect combustion of the gas is effected. v

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Thc use or employment ofthe tube C, within the tube A, inicombinationwith Lhe burner B, when the'same shall'be combined, constructed, and operated substantiallyas shown, for the purposes set forth. i

ELLIDTT P. GLEASON.

Witnesses:

J. C. GRANGER, A. SIDNEY DOANE. 

